I name-checked PAPAS, and GPASI, and Oddball, and Eric....

it's really weird hearing yourself online.....

I also noted how very UN-eloquent I am with talking.....

"uh....um......uh"

http://www.theplantedaquariumpodcast.com/

We fell asleep halfway through..

Thanks for the plug!! It's Oddball Pets and Aquariums now though.

Let me correct that... Dave fell asleep halfway through! I listened to the whole thing!

And seriously, that's really cool that you got to do an interview like that and we really do appreciate you mentioning the store!

Stephanie

lol, tell Dave that's okay as I would have done the same thing if not for me cringing every 'um' and 'ahhh' and 'errrr' I did.

I'd like to have a picture to post on APC under our forum to show the display tank if possible.....and we could pimp out the store and the meetings......Tim is such a slacker, I've asked him a dozen times to take a pic.....anyone have a camera and a trip to the store planned?

Well...we did listen at like 3 o'clock in the morning so I think his falling asleep has more to do with that!

I wouldn't worry too much about the um's. That kind of stuff is pretty informal and you seemed totally relaxed!

Tim was definitely not a slacker today! I'm sure that you will have your photo soon!

Stephanie

Okay... i finally had a chance today to listen to the whole thing (as well as the other podcasts... i really enjoyed Texgal... Tom Barr sounds like less of an arrogant prick than his posts would imply).

Overall, i enjoyed it. I was curious about your statements at the end of the interview, however. Specifically, you were talking about experimenting w/ different substrates and stuff... what all have you found out about that? what type of additives are you adding to a regular soil tank to enhance it? have you been experimenting more w/ the mineralized soil concept? what brand of soil have you used in making mineralized soil? i'm in the process now of setting up a tank again and would like to know what you've found out so far (maybe it can save me some time or money... *wink, wink*)...

lol, well it's a work in progress....once I get the automated system moved I'm hoping to set up a couple of planted tank aquariums.

The concept is to use the cheap, no-additives topsoil at home depot or lowes/hardware store, as well as a bunch of ingredients you can get easily or have laying around for the average aquarist, a cheap 'all-in-the-box' aquarium from a pet store, and convert it into a viable, well-aquascaped aquarium with little 'tweaking' for the planted tank. It's going to use DiY CO2 - which anyone has the ingredients in their house. I plan on making a journal of the adventure as well as an eventual presentation for GPASI (and PAPAS) out of it. I got some of the ideas from what we did with the display tank - using a UV filter for a week to prevent the inevitable green water.......

If you want to try it out now, get a submersible UV filter and get some topsoil, and you can do your own experimentation

What are these planted aquarium podcasts about??!! How long have I been under my rock?